Issued or the fbi issued a report of an anarchist threat because on top of the building there was some graffiti near, i guess, where some of the delegates were and a brick. And so taken alone and even though there were very few protesters there, they issued a report, the media carried it, and it continues to perpetuate negative stereotypes about individuals who are merely, in cases, exercising their First Amendment rights but are being deemed because they question the status quo and corporate or government policies, theyre now called anarchists. But the labeling is very real because, as you know, that can be used to stigmatize, alienate groups and even in the case of Animal Rights activists create federal legislation. The animal enterprise terrorism act that in many cases punishes what we traditionally called civil disobedience and other forms of protests such as leafletting or chalking a sidewalk. They imbue those with sort of evil connotations and higher fines and higher penalties. S
The individual mandate until the site is fixed. He says he will introduce legislation to that effect soon. Your thoughts on the Affordable Care act for the first 45 minutes this morning. Here is how we have divided the line this morning. If you are of the mind it should five 853 880. 02 if you think it should be fixed but the website should continue 2025853881. Pick the line that best represents you and be prepared to tell us why. You can also tell us why on our social media channel. Our facebookl on page, facebook. Com cspan. Are 34 comments actually, about 60 comments on the website page. It is a poll i wanted to point you to that you can participate in this morning about the Affordable Care act. It is divided much like we divided the lines this morning. Repeal it, fix it, or delay it. 67 so far saying that it should be repealed. 89 people waiting in that it should be fixed. When it comes to the delay, the individual mandate, only three people registering on that. 2025853880 for thos
Flow of vital information. I agree with your point about whistleblower protections, but there are a range of different motives. There are spy, Robert Hanssen types. No sympathy for that. A lot of people leak because it makes them feel important. They are in the know, and it shows they are in the know. It makes them feel good to do that. I dont have much sympathy for that. I do have sympathy for an actual whistleblower. Were are instances where h have seen for the right reason they have gone to the press and laid out what a disagree with. Adont know that we can have system that allows every person asideide, but if you put that systemic issue, i understand where whistleblowers are coming from, and its incumbent on the government to have a process that allows whistleblowers to raise his or her concerns, get them heard, protect them from retaliation, and be confident if there is a need for change there will be congressional a committees. You say its broken now. I dont know if it ever becam
It has been a blow to them. These elections should also restore a sense of optimism among americans, and it should remind us why the u. S. Went to war in afghanistan in the first place, and whats at stake for u. S. National security interests, and what could happen if we withdraw troops to quickly. Unfortunately, american Popular Support for the war has dipped considerably. Some of the latest polling shows it is below 20 . I think this is because of the western media bias for reporting on violence and bad news coming out of the country, but i think its also the result of president karzai and his continuous criticism of american policies there despite the massive amount of assistance in blood and treasure the u. S. Has spent there, but the white house has been reluctant to talk about the war and really spell out for the American People what is at stake, so i think all of these combined have led to the dismal view about afghanistan. The point is with these elections we have an opportunit
In the bill that says that cannot be used to demonstrate harm to National Security. That, to me, is an indication weve got a pretty good shot and if we can get applied to jims case, it would be efficient in keeping him out of jail. In terms of the National Security piece, another thing to remember is, every confidential security case. There are at least as many and perhaps more journalist who have been put in jail in civil litigation for money damages arriving out of claims against the u. S. Government. In the win ho lee case several years ago, there were six journalist held in contempt, including journalist from cbs, New York Times, washington post, and ap. One was held in contempt and subject to 5,000 a day penalties that she was not allowed to ask usa today to pay for her. She had an offer from her students to hold a bake sale so she could help pay her contempt fines, which i thought was charming but ineffective. She almost certainly would have been held in contempt and gone to pris